Philippians 2:6-8

Philippians 2:6-8Good News Translation (GNT)

6 He always had the nature of God,but he did not think that by force he should try to remain[a] equal with God.7 Instead of this, of his own free will he gave up all he had,and took the nature of a servant.He became like a human beingand appeared in human likeness.8 He was humble and walked the path of obedience all the way to death—his death on the cross.

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Philippians 2:6-8New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

6 who, though he was in the form of God,did not regard equality with Godas something to be exploited,7 but emptied himself,taking the form of a slave,being born in human likeness.And being found in human form,8 he humbled himselfand became obedient to the point of death—even death on a cross.

Philippians 2:6-8The Message (MSG)

5-8 Think of yourselves the way Christ Jesus thought of himself. He had equal status with God but didn’t think so much of himself that he had to cling to the advantages of that status no matter what. Not at all. When the time came, he set aside the privileges of deity and took on the status of a slave, became human!Having become human, he stayed human. It was an incredibly humbling process. He didn’t claim special privileges. Instead, he lived a selfless, obedient life and then died a selfless, obedient death—and the worst kind of death at that—a crucifixion.

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